A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 86 kilometers (53 miles) from Lakatoro in Vanuatu on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:34:27 / 8:34 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000itxr. Unique identifier: us2000itxr. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 47.2 km (29 miles). Exact location of event, depth 47.2 km, 168.1283° East, -16.4912° South. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/12/18 / 2018-12-15 21:34:27 / December 15, 2018 @ 9:34 pm.
Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lakatoro (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 88 km (54 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 86 km ESE of Lakatoro, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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